Bookkeeping device.



E. A. [SE- BOOKKEEPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION man SEPT-13, 191s.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918'.

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BOOKKEEPING DEVICE.

APPUCATION FILED SEPT-13,1916.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

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or GROSSE POINTE, memes.

BOOKKEEPIING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (Oct. 15, rats.

Application flled September 13, 1916. Serial No. 119,965.

To all whom it may, concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. Isa, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, resid-' ing at Grosse Pointe, in the county of Wayne and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBookkeeping Devices, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. I

This invention relates to bookkeeping or account recording devices andrefers more particularl to an automatic sectional card indicator monthlystatements, although the invention in certain of its aspects is notlimited to the particular use specified. 7

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a holder for a largenumber of cards, which holder can be quickly adjusted to bring anyparticular account into con-.

venient position for use; to provide a construction in which a pluralityof circular sections are carried by and operated from the same shaftmechanism; to so construct and arrange the shaft and its mounting thatvery little force is required to rotate the holder; to provide aconstruction which can form a part of or be used in conjunction with atable and with reference to which an veniently arranged.

' The invention also resides in the construction and arrangement of theshaft and other mounting and operating mechanism for the card holder; inthe combination of the cards and card holder; and in such other featuresof construction and arrangement and combinations of parts as will morefully hereinafter appear.

In the drawings:

Figure 1.is a top plan view of adevice embodying my invention;

- Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the holder;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view through the holder and itsoperating shaft;

Fig. A is an enlarged plan view of the central part of the holder;

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of a set of cards;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the cards shown in Fig.5;

Fig. 7 is a front elevational view of one of the cards with the carbonpaddle in use;

Fig. 8 is a vertical cross section through one of the duplicate cards;

or twin ledgers with duplicate.

retaining ring E Fig.- 9 is a horizontal section through the cardshowing the manner of securing the duplicate ledger accounts together.

Describing in detail the construction shown in the drawings, Adesignates theframe of the holder, on the bottom wall A of which ismounted a shaft B. The lower part of this shaft is stationary while theupperpart is formed in sections B and B The construction and arrangementof this shaft forms one of the main features of my invention and is asfollows: At its lower endthe section B has a recessed portion C fittingover. a stud C formed 'onthe upper end of the main shaftor base portionB. At thelower end C of the telescopic section there is interposed aball bearing member D between the end-C and a shoulder D While this ballbearing member could be of any suitable construction I have shown it ascomprising a pair of spaced washers E and E between which are interposedball members E mounted in. a suitable cage or A similar ball bearingarrangement F is interposed between the lower end F of the section B andthe shoulder F on' the section B.

The rotating card holder is formed in sections G and G, the latter ofwhich surrounds the section G, though if desired an additional sectionor sections could be added.

on theoutside of the section G. The shaft arrangement is such that anyadditional number of sections could be employed, governed only by thephysical space limits and as the circumference increases each sectionfarther from the center will contain a greater number of compartments.Thus in the particular construction shown the section G has '25compartments while the section G has 50 compartments, and if anadditional section were added. outside of the section G it would contain75 compartments. These numbers are of course only illustrative as thearea of each section could be divided off into as many card receivingspaces as desired. Within each of the spaces H there is positioned 10cards and a similar number in each of the spaces H. As access to thecard is had only when the particular section registers with the openingsI or I in the cover A of the case, the shaft is employed forconveniently and accurately bringing into registration with one of theseopenings the proper card holding space of either section desired. For

a serie of cards used for keeping duplicate 1 this purpose the sectionsB and B are provided with combined locking and handle members J and J 2resp'ectively.- As shown in Fig. 3 the card holding sections arecarried-by an inverted cup member J which is secured to the flange L? onthe sectlon B? by screws L or other suitable securing members preferablypassing through a plate member L The flange L carries the combinedhandle and locking member J 2 which has a locking pin K whichengagesaseries of apertures K in the flange L which 1n turn is keyed tothe section B. The flange L carries the combined handle andlockingmember J which has a pin K adapted to. engage a series ofapertures o r lock 1ng re; cesses K in the plate K, wh ch g-plate isbolted or otherwise fixedly secured jto the cover section A Lockingpins'K and Kf" are normally forced "downward into locking engagementwith the recesses K sad- 1s by.

springs M and M respectively.

\Vhenever it is desired to rotate the holder through a relatively largemovement so as to advance the cards by hundreds the pin K is left inlocking engagement with the plate K andfthe pin-K with-drawn against thetension of the sprlng M, this permits the holder and the sect1on B ofthe shaft to be rotated independently of the section B which is heldfrom rotation-by the locking pin K Assuming that ledger account 125 inthe section G which in this particular instance carries ledger accounts'C and D is desired, the holder isrotatedj until the pin K engages withthe recess K" adjacent the marking C and D 100. -'As the pin K slipsinto this recees'it locks the sections B and B together So 'thatjuponwithdrawal of the pin K the two 'SGCtIOIlS can be rotatedsimultaneouslyuntil m ga K slips into the recess marked Ledger G and D 20.. Theoperator will then have before hiin the set .ofcards running from 120 to129 for ledgers C and D and'as these cards are marked with-the,intermediate numbers he can instantaneously procure any:

particular card in ledgers C and Dl A similar adjustment ismadeitogprocure any card in ledger A a-nd Br except that" the pins K andK are set in the recesses which are marked Ledger A and B-.? .The' invention is of course not confined to keeping-ledger accounts as it .isapplicable to various other.

Thus where thebusiness does businesses. not run many ledger accounts theinner section G could be used as a cash book or stock. ledger. Also incase the device is used by the wholesale house one of the sections mightbe used for, local accounts and another for out of town accounts; infact the holder and cards which can be of any-size can be adaptedtopractically any kind of business.

' I have in Figs. 5 to 9 described in detail and positioned between saidcards.

ledger accounts with tw in monthly state v ments, the arrangement ofthese cards themselves forming no feature of the present ap plicationother than for the purpose of illus trating the use of cards incombination with j my novel, arrangement of holder. In detail "each ofthe duplicate ledger cards comprises card members N andiN which-areslotted at N and N Through these "slots-is projected a temporary lockinmember formedof celluloid or other sultablematenal. While in thepreferred form'this locking member is detachable to permit of the useof, both sidesofthe cards,-the invention in and extending on the outsideof the cards N and N are duplicate slips P and P each of which havereturnbent ends Q. and Q folded over the ends of the cards .N and. N"

I Since the latter are provided with tabs R and R theduplicate slips PandP re slotted at S shown in Fig. 6 to permit-the tabs to show. Byemploying this detachable slip for each card the records can be kept induplicate by inserting a carbon paddle S bea tween the slip and the cardso that at the endof the month theslip can be removed from the card andforwarded to the customer} as a customers statement while the cardcarrying the carbon record is retained as an'oflice record and can befiled away. To facilitate filing, the cards are preferably marked byboth the wheel number and the account number as shown in Fig; 5 and alsoin addition to the name and address there are columns for days, items,charges, etc;

Also the arrangement and lettering can, of course, be changed to suittheparticular business for which the system is employed. As shown in Figs.5 and 6 the cards. are arranged in sets, the tabs of which carrythe'intermediate numbers, 1 to 9 which cooperate with the numbers 20 and29, etc.,

' marked on the holder as shown in Fig. 2.

F rom;-.the1 above description it isobvious that theholder and cards areadapted for a wide range of use and require a minimum of space'as theholder can be used as a part of or as an insert for a desk. In such casethe entire device could be removed from the, desk and placed in a vaultover night or the walls of the case A could be made fire proofif'desired. Since the top or cover A of the case is flat an addingmachine or other accounting device could be conveniently placed on theinner left hand corner portion of the case as indicated by the outline Win Fig. 1.

It has the further advantage that the cards are housed in asubstantially dustproofhousingand the cards can be locked fromunauthorized use by a lock T or other suitable locking member. It willbe noticed that the holder is provided with shoulders U which correspondwith the edge portions V of the cards so as to hold the latter in properposition. The invention, however, is not limited to this particulararrangement since other positioning means could be employed and variousother changes made within the scope of my invention.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a holder formed of a plurality of sections oneof which surrounds another, of a two-part shaft for carrying saidsections and means for rotating one part of said shaft independently ortogether with the other part.

2. The combination with a holder having a plurality of surroundingsections, a shaft having independently rotatable portions, one of whichsupports said sections, and means for rotating one portion of said shaftindependently of or together with the other portion.

3. The combination with a holder having a plurality of surroundingsections, a shaft having independently rotatable portions,"

one of which supports said sections, means for locking one of saidshafts from rotation and means for rotating one of or both of saidportions.

4. The combination with a holder formed of a plurality of sections oneof which surrounds another, of a rotating shaft, means for adjustingsaid shaft to rotate the said sections around the center of the shaft asan axis, and independent means for indicating the position of each ofthe sections of the holder.

5. The combination with a' holder formed of a plurality of sections oneof which surrounds another, of a two-part shaft for carrying saidsections, means for rotating part of said shaft independently ortogether with the other part, a locking member, and an indicating memberhaving a plurality of apertures into which the locking member can beengaged, there being two sets of apertures, one of which setscorresponds with the inner section and the other of which correspondswith the outer section.

6. The combination with a holder having a plurality of surroundingsections, each of said sections being divided into a plurality ofcompartments adapted to receive cards, and means for rotating saidholder to bring any particular set of cards into operative position,said holder having independent means for indicating the position of eachof said surrounding sections.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD A. ISE.

